The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.

LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
GREAT ANXIETY OYER THE REP6RTs
OF GLADSTONE'S ILLNESS.
~. Pheuonenal Labors Since the Csuapsisu
Beaan-No Leader who Can Eli his
PIaee-A Baroukt FIees to Paris to Es-
cape the Penalty OF u Reveitins Crine-
Mouentous Resuita OF Measles In . Royal
C.stie-Lsndsn Hstels freparins GO Dell
,.c Riotsus Mobs with water-Sreat
suffering OF the Peor-Tho Theatres.
orpyr.oA 1887 " Tas sus Printsrs and Pse'tshfns
Is,octdtsoaI
LONDON, Oct. GA disquieting report
.oncernine tho health OF Mr.. Gladstone Ia tele-
o,anhed at this moment by q correspondent
A. Derby which dwarfs oil interest in other
hsnpenings Of the week. Since the opening Of
Ma campain the labors OF Mr.. Gladstone have
been simply phenomenal Innumerable open
air speeches from his carriage window during
the day and ct night set speeches OF TWO hours,
each filling columns and pages OF newspapers.
have filed with wondering rage the Tories and
Unlonists, whose constant prayer Is Tor some
aim of weakening in the powers Of their grand
old adversary, who has been industriously re-
6ncinp their strongest arguments to atoms.
On Wednesday Mr.. Gladstone showed signs
NJ fatigue, and his voice. which no had used as
reoklessly a. o man Of IS might have done. had
grown weaker. On Thursday Mrs. Gladstone,
Who has faithfully travelled everywhere with
hor husband. partly to share In his triumph,
INIT moro especially to sec that he keeps his
throat we'll covered up, induced him to suspend
his labors and to rest for while ct Sudbury
Han. the country seat OF Lord Vernon. thirteen
miles from Derby. At first Mr.. Gladstone's
trouble was thought TO DO nothing worse than
q slight attack Of hoarsoness. brought On by
severe exsrtion. but despatch which have
received mskes the case appear more serious.
Mr.. Gladstone's throat is In bad condition.
He Ia suffering from great exhaustion. and has
been unable to leave his room sinco yesterday.
The announcement Of the Grand Old Mans
iIlness, even should his indisposition prove but
elisht, will cause the greatest anxiety among
The Liberal leaders and proportionate exulta-
zion In tho ranks Of the Tories. who will Of
course not fail to take the most serious and.
nom their standpoint the most hopeful view
Of the matter.
: Mr.. Gladstone "a the sole support OF the Lib
ersl party. In fact, no Is the Liberal party.
and on him depends absolutely the hope OF tho
early solution Of the homo rule question. The
results that would follow disaster to the old
leader are simply frightful TO CONTEMPLATE in
Guiding. a. they do, tho possibility Of an access
sion to Liberal leadership OF such specimen
of perverted ability a. turncost Chamberlain.
and tho impossibility. temporarily at least. OF
obtaining Irelsnd's rights byiany but the most
desperate measures. Fortunately there Is as
ret no ground for serious apprehension.
Chamberlain, who telegraphs to-day his
opinion that the feeling against him In Amer
ica Is all bosh. and that he has never for one
e.
there a. the Royal Commissioner anyhow.
would doubtless alter his plans to concentrate
all his energies in q struggle for the political
shoes of the leader whom he betrayed; but
there is, after all. little prospect OF finding
them empty for . long time to como.
Tho floods OF talk in England this week have
been unprecedented In tho annals Of cleo
tioneeriug. and the public interest In the pres
snt political crisis 10 so great that all the prin-
cipal papers arc printing tho leading speeches
verbatim. '0ladstons,s work. Of course. has
lowered above that Of everyone else The Tory
papers have exhausted their space in repro
ducing every utterance Of the Grand Old Man.
while their editorial writer's have produced
columns OF English In highly unsuccess-
full attempts to provo that the speeches
80 carefully reproduced in the other
columns contain nothing Of the slightest hu-
have been the topic Of every speaker. and
Gladstone has thrilled this country with his
earnest advocacy OF the measure to which he
intends devotinR. II necessary. the rest OF his
Life. His speeches have quito drowned the
piping chorus Of Tories seeking to show that
ISishmen. tyrannized and coerced beyond en-
durance, need but moro energetic tyranny
and moro thoroughly applied coercion to bring
them to tho front rank as loving, faithful. and
united subjects Of the Queen,
Lord Randolph Churchill. who for months
has presented the entertaining spectacle OF an
eccentric political monkey gambolling In soil
tude In the branches OF his own political tree,
appears to have wearied Of his loneliness, and
has come down to play about for q while in the
Ton ranks. He is doing much political talk
Ing. and the audacity with which he has been
stealing Mr.. Gladstone's thunder, and mixing
mp popular ideas originated by Mr.. Gladstone
with Tory arguments in favor Of coercion Is
oomicslly suggestive OF tho playful animal
to which he has been likened A very
amusing element In this weeks proceedings
has been tho good-natured contempt which
tho Grand Old Man has shown for Turncoat
Chamberlain. In every speech the latter has
been villifying MI. Gladstone to whom he owes
al his political standing, and the great Lib
eral leader has not even mentioned his name.
Chamberlain. who believes in himself and
thinks be hurts Mr. Gladstone very much with
his Ulster speeches. has probably done good
deal Of teeth Rnashing.
Tho belief that the big political battle now
progressing means tho turning out Of the To-
hes In the spring becomes stronger every day.
ireland has been wonderfully quiet all the
week. but the work Of agitation against coer-
cion has progressed steadily under the direc-
tion Of the Parnellite leaders. Those branches
Of the National League which the Tories are
pleased to call suppressed continue to show
most convincing signs Of vitality. and all
their doings are faithfully chronicled by
Sullivan. O'Brien. and other plucky Irish
editors. who have not been the least
bit intimidated by the arrival IN Dublin
Of that lank-bodied ooercionist. Arthur Balfour.
Unable to brighten the editor. the mighty
bowers Of Dt .lin Castle have adopted all over
Ireland the policy of intimidating those who
gain living by selling Nationalist newspapers.
mainly boys and girls. by warning them that
they are breaking the law. and poor. patriotic
shopkeepers arc threatened with all the penal
ties OF tho Coercion not II they do not cease